Monika Proffitt

P.O. Box 85255
Seattle, WA 98122
monika *at* monikaproffitt *dot* com

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 “Lightscapes,” Rio Bravo Fine Art Gallery, Truth or Consequences, NM
2008 “Garden of Light,” Sound Transit Public Art Program, Seattle, WA
2007 “Atmospheres and Frequencies,” Ellamon, Seattle, WA
2006 “The River Project,” Consolidated Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 “The River Project,” Art Patch Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 “New Ventures in Painting and Light,” Dept. of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Edmonds, WA
2004 “Pulse: Heaven and Hell,” Consolidated Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 “Selected Works in Oil,” Synapse 206, Seattle, WA
2003 “Selected Works in Oil,” Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA
2002 “The New Works Show,” Synapse 206, Seattle, WA
2002 “Some Paintings,” Diner, Seattle, WA
2001 “Dialogue in Acrylic,” Diner, Seattle, WA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 “Ask The Robot,” The Frying Pan Gallery, New York, NY
2006 “Still Beaming,” Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle WA
2005 “Salon Style,” OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
2005“Self Portrait,” OK Hotel, Seattle, WA
2004 “Flatfit: Painters and the Projected Surface,” Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2003 “Synchronicity,” Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA
2002 “Synchronicity,” Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA

Professional Experience

2008 Neighborhood and Community Arts Awards Jury Panelist, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2008 City Artist Awards Jury Panelist, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2007 Program Director and Curator, Art Patch, Seattle, WA
2007 Special Projects Jury Panelist, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2007 Lighting Designer, Art Attack, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2007 Designer/Assistant to C. Davida Ingram – “Come Hungry” Installation, Bridge Motel, Seattle, WA
2007 Artist Selection Jury Panelist – Northwest Artist Registry
2006 Assistant to Trimpin – Artist in Residence Program, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2006 Curator, “Off the Pavement”, Benham Gallery of photography by clients of the Shisler Sobering Center, Seattle, WA
2005 Project Manager and Curator of Visual Art, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2005 Assistant to Larry Calkins – Annual Education Department Installation, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
2003 Curator of Visual Art, Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA
1997 – Residential and Shelter Counselor, Downtown Emergency Services Center,
2003 Seattle, WA

Grants and Awards

2008 Installation Honorarium, Sound Transit Public Art Program, Seattle, WA
2006 Artist Funds Award, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
2005 Educational Scholarship Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2005 Healthy Funding Award, Art Patch, Seattle WA

Publications and Engagements

2009 The Ink, Las Cruces, NM, July
2009 The Herald, Truth or Consequences, NM, June 17th
2006 Art and Technology, Microsoft Podcast Series, June
2006 Dorkbot, April 25
2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 20
2006 Lighting Magazine, Cover, May
2005 Edmonds Arts Commission Newsletter, April 25
2005 Greater Edmonds Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, April 25
2004 Three Imaginary Girls, TIG Visual Arts Heartbeat, Nov. 2
2001 Tablet Newspaper, Food for Art, Nov. 11

Education

2001 BA, Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
2009 Lighting Design Certification, American Lighting Association (forthcoming)

Additional Study

2002- Public Art in a Nutshell, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2008 Experiential Surreality, Digital and Experimental ARTS
Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Glass Fusing and Kilncasting, The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey
Interactive, Electronic, and Experimental Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA (scholarship recipient)
Figure and Still Life in Oil, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle WA
Prescriptions for LED Lighting, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle WA
Lighting for the Medical Environment, Lighting Design Lab, Seattle, WA